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=== 1st Logo (1987-1993)=== | === 1st Logo (1987-1993)=== | ||
Nicknames: "Grid of Doom", "Hypocritical Vision", "Where's The Castle?" | Nicknames: "Grid of Doom", "Hypocritical Vision", "Where's The Castle?" | ||
Logo: Against a live-action sky background, a white grid can be seen with its tiles advancing forward. This scene then zooms out to reveal that it takes place on a rich lilac-colored background. Once it's zoomed out all the way, the words "CASTLE" and "VISION" on black squares in cyan can be seen above and below the sky/grid scene respectively. The sky/grid scene then splits in two and a flash of bright light appears in the middle of the screen, causing the logo to disappear and leaving just the background when it dies down. | |||
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* On a promo variant, the logo is shorten to when the grid splits in 2 and is silent, all before fading to the beginning of the promo. At the end, some of the titles are then shown on a still of the grid scene, all before finishing off with a slightly faster version of the logo. | * On a promo variant, the logo is shorten to when the grid splits in 2 and is silent, all before fading to the beginning of the promo. At the end, some of the titles are then shown on a still of the grid scene, all before finishing off with a slightly faster version of the logo. | ||
* Sometimes the logo would be extended for roughly another 10 seconds. | * Sometimes the logo would be extended for roughly another 10 seconds. | ||
FX/SFX: The keyed-in sky (similar to the Warner Home Video logo), the Scanimated grid and the zooming.<br />Music/Sounds: A synth-timpani plays throughout. When the sky/grid scene begins to zoom out, a harsh distorted guitar drone begins playing. When the flash of light appears, both the timpani and the guitar stop and a loud, dramatic orchestral sting plays. | FX/SFX: The keyed-in sky (similar to the Warner Home Video logo), the Scanimated grid and the zooming.<br />Music/Sounds: A synth-timpani plays throughout. When the sky/grid scene begins to zoom out, a harsh distorted guitar drone begins playing. When the flash of light appears, both the timpani and the guitar stop and a loud, dramatic orchestral sting plays. | ||
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'''WARNING: LOWER YOUR VOLUME BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO ON THE RIGHT, AS IT IS REALLY LOUD.''' | '''WARNING: LOWER YOUR VOLUME BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO ON THE RIGHT, AS IT IS REALLY LOUD.''' | ||
Nicknames: "The Arrows/Portcullis of Doom" | Nicknames: "The Arrows/Portcullis of Doom" | ||
Logo: On a white cloudy background, three down arrows fly to the middle of the screen. A square appears on the arrows, forming a even more abstract portcullis design, and the background fades to white. Then, a chrome ribbon circles around the portcullis and a thin red line appears below the square. The words, "CASTLE HOME VIDEO" appears under it then flashes. | |||
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* Sometimes, "HOME VIDEO" would be replaced with "PICTURES". | * Sometimes, "HOME VIDEO" would be replaced with "PICTURES". | ||
* An alternate version of the above variant exists, where the logo is placed a bit higher; a filmstrip instead of the chrome ribbon covering half of the portcullis design, and 2 lines being drawn with "CASTLE" in Garamond, and "Pictures" in Laser Std Chrome, appear below in chrome and flash, in which it cuts to black. | * An alternate version of the above variant exists, where the logo is placed a bit higher; a filmstrip instead of the chrome ribbon covering half of the portcullis design, and 2 lines being drawn with "CASTLE" in Garamond, and "Pictures" in Laser Std Chrome, appear below in chrome and flash, in which it cuts to black. | ||
* The logo may cut off or fade out. | * The logo may cut off or fade out. | ||
FX/SFX: The arrows moving, the ribbon/filmstrip drawing and the text flashing. | FX/SFX: The arrows moving, the ribbon/filmstrip drawing and the text flashing. | ||
Music/Sounds: A dramatic synth note, which is a stock sound effect used in some horror films, coupled with three whooshes, a phaser-like sound and a reversed cymbal crash. | |||
Availability: Appeared on the company's titles from the era such as ''Through The Fire'' and ''Vampire Knights''. The variant with "Castle Pictures" is seen on extremely rare UK prints of ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure''. | |||
Editor's Note: The cheap animation, unsettling music, and chrome ribbon may be unsettling to a few. | Editor's Note: The cheap animation, unsettling music, and chrome ribbon may be unsettling to a few. | ||
=== 3rd Logo (1989-1999) === | === 3rd Logo (1989-1999) === | ||
Nicknames: "Portcullis of Boredom" | Nicknames: "Portcullis of Boredom" | ||
Logo: On a black background, a teal square with a blue, stylized, slightly slanted portcullis appears. Below the teal square are the words "CASTLE VISION". | |||
Variant: A white version exists. | Variant: A white version exists. | ||